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BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF NEVADA

NOTICE OF JOINT APPLICATION

AND

PREHEARING CONFERENCE

On February 2, 2023, Nevada Power Company d/b/a NV Energy

(“NPC”) and Sierra Pacific Power Company d/b/a NV Energy (“SPPC”)

(collectively, “NV Energy”) filed with the Public Utilities Commission of

Nevada (“Commission”) a Joint Application, designated as Docket No.

23-02001, for approval of annual plans for the Solar Energy Systems

Incentive Program and its Energy Storage component, the Lower Income

Solar Energy Program, the Wind Energy Systems Demonstration

Program, the Waterpower Energy Systems Demonstration Program, and

the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Demonstration Program for Program

Year 2023-2024 (the “Annual Plan”).

This Notice serves only to notify the public that the Commission has

received the above-referenced filing. It is the responsibility of interested

persons to review the filing and monitor the proceedings to determine

their desired levels of involvement based on how this matter may affect

their unique situations. The details provided within this Notice are for

informational purposes only and are not meant to be an all-inclusive

overview of the filing. The Commission will review and approve each

annual plan with such modifications and upon such terms and conditions

as the Commission finds necessary or appropriate to facilitate the

program(s).

NV Energy filed the Joint Application pursuant to the Nevada Revised

Statutes (“NRS”) and the Nevada Administrative Code (“NAC”) Chapters

701B, 703, and 704, including, but not limited to NRS 701B.005,

701B.230, 701B.610, 701B.670, and 701B.850; NAC 701B.125,

701B.480, and 701B.660; and sections 9, 24, and 31 of the Legislative

Counsel Bureau File No. R022-18 regulation.

NV Energy states that the Joint Application seeks approval of the

Annual Plan which consists of a combined plan for the programs

referenced above. NV Energy specifically requests that the Commission,

for the Program Period 2023-2024, approve (1) the programs’ budget

and administrative budget as set forth in the Annual Plan; and (2) the

specific policy and procedural items requested in the Annual Plan,

including modifications to certain reporting requirements and NV

Energy’s plans to end each program.

Interested and affected persons may file comments or petitions for

leave to intervene pursuant to NAC 703.578 through 703.600 on or

before WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2023.

A person who wishes to participate as a commenter may file written

comments pursuant to NAC 703.491. A commenter is not a party of

record and shall not take any action that only a party of record may take.

Pursuant to NAC 703.500, only parties of record are entitled to enter an

appearance, introduce relevant evidence, examine and cross-examine

witnesses, make arguments, make and argue motions and generally

participate in the proceeding.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to NAC 703.655, the

Commission has scheduled a PREHEARING CONFERENCE in this

docket to be held as follows:

MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2023

10:00 a.m.

Dial in by your location:

(775) 687-0999 (Northern Nevada)

(702) 486-5260 (Southern Nevada)

Parties will appear and otherwise participate in the prehearing

conference remotely via telephone. Members of the public can

access the prehearing conference at the time noticed herein via the

Commission’s live stream link on its website at https://puc.nv.gov.

Parties in this matter must obtain an access code for this telephonic

prehearing conference by emailing Commission Administrative Attorney

Chad Morabito at cmorabito@puc.nv.gov no later than FRIDAY, MARCH

10, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. Parties should provide the title/role in associated

business or organization, and business address for each person who

intends to participate in the prehearing conference.

The purpose of the prehearing conference is to formulate and simplify

issues involved in this proceeding and set a hearing and procedural

schedule. At the prehearing conference, the Commission may take any

action authorized by NAC 703.655.

The Commission is not responsible for providing clerical or

administrative assistance or materials to parties during Commission

proceedings. If such assistance is necessary, parties must make other

arrangements for this type of assistance.

The Joint Application is available for public viewing at the

Commission’s website: https://puc.nv.gov; and at the offices of the

Commission: 1150 East William Street, Carson City, Nevada 89701 and

9075 West Diablo Drive, Suite 250, Las Vegas, Nevada 89148. A person

must request in writing to be placed on the service list for this proceeding

to receive any further notices in this matter.

By the Commission,

__/s/______________________

TRISHA OSBORNE,

Assistant Commission Secretary

Dated: Carson City, Nevada

02/09/23

(Seal)

Pub Date: February 18, 2023 Ad #31332